Weather

Press, 24 September 1987, Page 52

Weather

Today’s New Zealand forecast: Showers in the West of both islands, Otago and Southland with fine intervals. Mainly fine elsewhere. Canterbury, Marlborough: Fine; north-westerlies turning south-westerly late today. Nelson: Fine, apart from showers on the western ranges; southwesterlies. Buller, Westland: Cloudy with scattered showers but some fine intervals; south-westerlies. Tomorrow: Showers in Buller and Westland; fine elsewhere; westerlies. Extended forecast to Monday. South Island: Showers in the west and inland Canterbury with strong winds and fine intervals; gale-force winds and rain in Otago and Southland; fine in coastal Canterbury and Marlborough but rain spreading across the island on Sunday. North Island: Fine in Wellington, with strong north-westerlies; showery periods elsewhere with fine intervals. CHRISTCHURCH READINGS Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Sunshine: hrs Rainfail: mm. Temperature: deg. Yesterday 8 hr 24 min 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Nil Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . h To date this, month . 135 To date this month ... 13 Barometer:. 6 pun. 11pm. To date this 1 year ..... 1503 To date this year 448 Millibars. . . 994 9 To date last year-/ ... 1561 To date last year 662 Temperatures and rainfall Average for “September. 162 Average to date 489 for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. Humidity: '.': ,'/ Average for September. 43 yesterday: Maximum 14 deg. Per cent at noon . . .'. 65 Wettest September (1946) 120 minimum 6 deg, grass 5 Per cent at 6 p.m. . . 74 Driest September (1980) 2 deg. rainfall Trace Z’.: , ** .J*' ' ■ • Sun—Rises: 6.16 a.in.; sets, 6.28 p.tn. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.15 a.m.; 6.29 p.m. Moon— Rises, 6.35 a.m.; sets, 7.35 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.54 a.m.; sets, 8.45 p.m. Phases— First quarter: September 30. Full moon: October 7. Last quarter: October 15. New moon* October 23. High tide at Lyttelton—4.4B a.m. and 5.09 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.36 a.m. and 6 p.m (l ake Forsyth, less 60min; Akaroa, less 45min: Port Levy, less 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia 2smin; Kalkdiira, add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min.) Noon weather: Auckland 15deg., partly cloudy, S., 11 knots. Wellington 11, paruy cloudy, S., 10. Christchurch 12, N., 9. Dunedin 11, S., 6. World weather: Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide; 10, 30; Brisbane, 16, 25; Canberra, 5, 23; Darwin, 23 35Hobart, 11, 25; Melbourne, 8, 26; Perth, 13, 18; Sydney, 15, 20. Main cities of the world: Amsterdam, 18, 22; Athens, 21, 34; Bahrain, 29, 37; Bangkok. 24, 32; Beirut, 24, 31; Belgrade, 18, 32; Berlin, 12, 25; Bogota, 2, 17; Budapest, 11 24Buenos Aires, 7, 14; Cairo, 19, 33; Caracas, 18, 29; Copenhagen, 6, 15; Denpasar, 23’ 32 1 Dublin, 7, 17; Frankfurt, 17, 28; Geneva, 10, 26; Helsinki, 6, 10; Hong Kong, 24,’ 27 : Honolulu, 20, 31; Istanbul, 17, 25; Jakarta, 24, 34; Johannesburg, 10, 21; Kuala Lumpur* 23, 31; Lima, 15, 19; Lisbon, 19, 24; London, 15, 20; Los Angeles, 18, 28; Madrid, 17 27Manila, 23, 34; Mexico City, 13, 21; Montreal, 10, 14; Moscow, 4,9; Nassau, 24, 34; New Delhi, 26, 37; New York, 14, 21; Nicosia, 19, 35; Oslo, 6,11; Paris, 18, 28; Peking, 16, 28: Rio de Janeiro, 14, 20; Rome, 19, 32; San Juan 24, 44; Santiago, 10, 20; Sao Paulo, 12,14; Seoul, 15, 27; Singapore, 23, 29; Stockholm, 5, 13; Taipei, 22, 26; Tokyo. 19, 25Vancouver, 11, 22; Vienna, 15, 25; Warsaw, 6, 14. ’